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We must harness digital technology for 21st-century health care By Karimah Es Sabar. Published on Apr 8, 2021 4:16pm While digital health such as telemedicine doesn’t replace the value of face-to-face contact, disruptive technologies such as real-time, embedded monitoring tools will help health-care specialists track and monitor patients without needing to see them. The federal government s COVID-19 Exposure Notification app for smartphones (Health Canada)
“Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change the life of a patient, or change the world.” Dr. Atul Butte, Stanford University
These words from Dr. Butte have never been more important. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on many undervalued areas, but most glaringly perhaps is how very important data-sharing and digital health are in delivering health care, now and into the future.